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Mahmoodi F, Zarnaghash M, Sohrabi Shegefti N, Barzegar M. The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Learning Programs on psychological capital and psychological well-being of the female head of Household. Avicenna J Neuro Psycho Physiology 2024; 11 (1) :19-26
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1- Department Of Psychology, Faculty Of Education And Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.
2- Department Of Psychology, Faculty Of Education And Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran. ,Mzarnaghash@yahoo.com
2- Department Of Psychology, Faculty Of Education And Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran. ,
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Background and Purpose: Of the most prevalent problems of women heading the households is their low level of psychological wellbeing, for which plenty of training interventions have been executed in order to be promoted in this group of women. The present study was done pursuing the goal to find out mindfulness-based training interventions’ effectiveness in psychological capital and wellbeing among the women heads of the households.
Material and Methods: The current research was performed based on a quasi-experimental method of pretest-posttest design with a control group and a two-month period follow-up. The study statistical community was made up of all women in charge of their families covered by Shiraz City Welfare Center in 2022-2023. Also the children of such women were studying in primary schools covered by Shiraz based Educational Department, District 2. Out of such women, 30 ones were selected by convenience sampling and allocated to experimental group (n=15) and control group (n=15). For data collection, Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale (1989) and Luthans’ Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) (2007) were utilized. The experimental group received the mindfulness-based training intervention during eight 90-minute sessions (on a weekly basis from April 3, 2023 to June 4,2023).
Results: As the Covariance analysis induced findings indicated, the groups were significantly different in the pretest and posttest (P<0.0001).
Conclusion: The intervention led to increasing the psychological capital and psychological wellbeing. Overall, the results of the current research demonstrated the impact of the intervention on the psychological capital and wellbeing of the women heading their families.
Material and Methods: The current research was performed based on a quasi-experimental method of pretest-posttest design with a control group and a two-month period follow-up. The study statistical community was made up of all women in charge of their families covered by Shiraz City Welfare Center in 2022-2023. Also the children of such women were studying in primary schools covered by Shiraz based Educational Department, District 2. Out of such women, 30 ones were selected by convenience sampling and allocated to experimental group (n=15) and control group (n=15). For data collection, Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale (1989) and Luthans’ Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) (2007) were utilized. The experimental group received the mindfulness-based training intervention during eight 90-minute sessions (on a weekly basis from April 3, 2023 to June 4,2023).
Results: As the Covariance analysis induced findings indicated, the groups were significantly different in the pretest and posttest (P<0.0001).
Conclusion: The intervention led to increasing the psychological capital and psychological wellbeing. Overall, the results of the current research demonstrated the impact of the intervention on the psychological capital and wellbeing of the women heading their families.
Keywords: Training intervention, Mindfulness, Psychological capital, Psychological well-being, Women heads of households
Article Type: Research Article |
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Physiology
Received: 2023/11/27 | Accepted: 2024/05/21 | Published: 2024/06/21
Received: 2023/11/27 | Accepted: 2024/05/21 | Published: 2024/06/21
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